our further advance. "We pulled it down, “Dad” Pavlowsky doing the major part of the labour. We cleared that street pretty quickly. That done, We moved to take up our second position, at a street—corner fifty yards from our final objective — Fascist Headquarters. Under fire, the gun was moved by Comrades Captain Slater, COIIlII1llSS-E11‘ Alexander, Jim Coone, Estensen, Pavlo!w*sky, Proctor and Gillespie. On the Way Gil- lespie was wounded in the knee. "

We could see the Fascist machine—guns and the men behind them. Captain Slater, accordingto plan, led a dash across the road to a door- way. Jim Coone followed but was caught right on the road by a

, burst of fire, receiving fatal wounds. He seemed to have had a premo-

nition, for his last words to Pavlowsky were: “lt’s goodbye, Dad, good- bye lads!” Comrades Alexander and Proctor next ran the gauntlet, and came through unscathed.

It was ‘now sunset. Shortly afterwards, the Loudspeaker van went into action, telling the Fascist chiefs what would happen if they conti- nued thefilr resistance and prolonged the sufferings of the civilian po- pulation. Our No. 3 Gun, with its snout poking round the corner, was an earnest of Doran’s threat. In a few hours the siege of Belchite was ended in victory.

At Fuentes die Ebro on October 13, Jeff Mildwater was wounded. We had given covering fire to our advancing infantry, and we were fo- llowing up the advance, with Mildwater in advance, walking along the bullet-swept road as coolly as if it were a Sunday stroll at home. [VV»e had a few wounded before we took up a temporary position in order to tackle an enemy Anti-Tank Battery we had located. While we Were trouncing them Mildwater and Alexander went on to locate a better position for us. In the process, Mildwater received a bullet which shat- tered his knee-cap. '

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